Wall Street predicts Capital One Financial Corp (COF) stock to surge by 22.9%

Capital One Financial Corp [COF] stock prices are up 3.05% to $170.20 at the moment. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The COF shares have gain 4.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.64%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE: COF] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 25, 2025, when BTIG Research upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $208 for it. Previously, Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to Outperform on March 12, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $200. On March 11, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $200 on the stock. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $235 on February 19, 2025. HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to a Hold but $176 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 14, 2025. UBS upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on January 13, 2025, and upped its price target to $235. In a note dated January 06, 2025, Barclays upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $158 to $219.

The stock price of Capital One Financial Corp [COF] has been fluctuating between $128.23 and $210.67 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $209.17 within the next 12 months. Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE: COF] shares were valued at $170.20 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 22.9% based on the average COF price forecast.

Analyzing the COF fundamentals

The Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE:COF] reported sales of 53.35B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 6.39%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 1.0% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.01. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.74.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 167.67 points at the first support level, and at 165.13 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 172.07, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 173.93.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Capital One Financial Corp [NYSE:COF]’s Current Ratio is 0.49. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.22, the price to book ratio is 1.07 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 14.69.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Zamsky Michael, Chief Credit & Fin’l Risk Off., that happened on Nov 12 ’24 when 10541.0 shares were sold. Chief Financial Officer, Young Andrew M completed a deal on Nov 08 ’24 to sell 5901.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Enterprise Risk Officer West Kara sold 721.0 shares on Nov 07 ’24.

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